The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-11-12
Maryland Affairs.

affair was not of a political nature.
: VIM. r. Hodges, of Baltimore, brother o
ex Mayor Hodges, aud member of the co
, partnership of Hodges Brothers, which firm
he assisted to organize when only twenty one
years old, died at nine clock Tuesday night
in the 63d year of his age.
/ A public reception was given to Cardinal
, Gibbons in New Orleans on Saturday night
1t was attended by about six thousand per.
sons, among whom were many Protestanis
! and Hebrews The Cardinal was presented
by committee of Catholic gentlemen with q
| magnificent peetoral cross, gold chain and a
, ring, all set with emeralds and diamonds.
Mrs. Grant. wife of John O. Grant, an
undertaken, of Northeast, Cecil county, suf
fered injuries by an accident last Friday after
noon that caused her death few hours after
wards. She was engaged in cleaning house,
and while cleaning window standing
upon the inner ledge, when she attempted to
step backward on a chair and fell across the
back of it, breaking an artery in her stomach.
Oliver Miller, a brakeman, aged about %
years, son of John Miller, in attempting to
lump from a moving train Tuesday afternoon
at the depot at Annapolis, was thrown between
the cars by the turning of the coupling, on
which he stepped, and his arm was crushed
by the train and had to be amputated near
| the SnOUluer. Ut. w. ". Siduue
the surgical operation. The patient is doing
WE'LL
Chas. H. Pitts, cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank of Baltimore city,
died in Boston, on Tuesday, of peritonitis,
aged A years. Mr.. Pitts, who had been in
failing health for some time, went away from
Baltimore in September, and during October
was married in Lexington, Mass, to Miss
Media Telfair Wilson. This was about two
weeks ago He remained in Boston up to the
time of his death.
The ST. Johns College football team de-
feated the Johns Hopkins University eleven
in a game of foot ball Saturday at Annapolis
by a score of to 0. Two of the visitors
we're hurt in the first half of the game. Fin
ley, by fall, dislocated his collar bone, but
continued to play for a time after the acct
dent, and Tarleton sprained his knee. Both
held the positions of rushers. Each of the
teams having won a game, another match will
be necessary to determine the championship
between the two rivals.
The Liberty Banner of Thursday says:
Norman Danner, youngest son of Capt. 4. ID.
Banner, of Unionville, while out hunting
Monday morning, and when in the act OF
setting his gun over the fence accidentally
discharged it, the contents entering his right
arm between his hand and elbow, tearing
all the flesh from the bones and crushing one
of the bones of his arm. 1t is thought that
amputation will be necessary. A number of
shot entered his face and brow, causing it to
swell into an unacceptable shape. Norman
is fine boy, and his sad accident is deeply
felt by his many friends.
A young man named Henry Kraemer, n
resident of st. Paul, Minnesota, was arrested
last Friday evening on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. about three miles below Eli
colt City, and lodged in jail by Chief of Police
James L. Vansant, of Ellicott City, upon the
charge of having committed, some time ago.
a felonious assault upon female inmate of
the St. Paul Jail, in which institution Krae-
mer was employee. kraemer made
his escape, and coming to Maryland
obtained employment in Baltimore county,
where he remained until his Whereabouts
became known to officer Vansant
Edward NJ. Tracy, of Hereford, was found
in an insensibe condition at a late hour Sat
urday night on the county road leading from
Piney Hill to Ensor Manor, Baltimore county
He was taken to his home, but expired before
| morning. An inquest was held by Justice
John F. Hesse, of Monkton, the jury render
ing verdict of death from heart disease and
. exposure. Mr.. Tracy had been to an indie
pendent mass meeting at the White House,
and it is supposed took the wrong road in
. going nome anu UPSET MS COuNCNdUCef Dub no
bruises were found on him. He served in one
of the Maryland (Union) regiments during the
late war.
Henry S. Landlord, a farmer residing about
three miles from Princess Anne, exhibited
few DAYS ago, a fine lot of second crop Irish
potates, of the Early Rose variety. The seed
| for these potatoes were grown in the spring,
and were the little ones which were deemed
too small for market Mr. Landlord planted
them the 10Th of July for seed next year, and
was greatly astonished last week when he
went to dig them, to find such a yield as he
had, namely: One hundred and twenty
bushels from three quarters Of an acre of land;
and further, the potatoes were grown in the
same land the spring crop was grown on, and
with no fertilizer save that which was put on
the spring crop.
The Rev. Henry Kuper, c. SIS. R., died on
Tuesday morning after a brief illness at the
Redemptorist College, Leicester, Howard
county, at the age of 40. In early youth he
came to this country, entered the Redempter
list Order at sixteen and was ordained priest
/ in 1867 He was engaged in missionary and
parochial work in different cities in the
United States and in Canada. In 1877 he
was appointed professor of philosophy and
natural sciences at Leicester College, and upon
the death of Father Konings, three years ago
was promoted 10 the pFoiessorsnlps vi mural
theology and canon law. Shortly before his
death Father Kuper had finished the seventh
edition of Koning's Moral Theology.
The dry weather, which proved so disastrous
TO the crops in Garrett county, continues, and
is still very serious matter in the town of
Oakland A great many wells are dry and a
/ large number of persons have to haul water
from creek, which, fortunately, is near by.
The streams are very low, and many small
ones are entirely dried up. Should winter set
in and freeze the streams before they rise,
large numbers of cattle must necessarily
perish The mountains are on fire in every
direction, and the forests are so dry that it is
impossible to control it. A great deal of pro-
perry has been destroyed. The smoke is like
a dense fog, and the sun seen through it has
the appearance of a large ball of fire.
The regular monthly meeting of the board
of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company was held on Tuesday in the
Central Building, w. f. Burns, president pro
tenn, in the chair The Hon. A. p. German,
who was appointed director on the part of
the State in the place of Richard Hynsou,
resigned. was qualified and took his seat.
The report of the company's operations for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 1887, was
submitted and approved, and will be presen-
ted to the stockholders at the annual meeting
on Monday, list inst. ne revenues OF inc
company for the year were, in round figures,
$50, 500. 900, and the net earnings were, in
round figures So 500. 600. Full explanation
was made of the transactions with the syndi-
cate, also in regard to the consolidated mort
gage which is to be executed to secure the
consolidated mortgage bonds. This mortgage,
it was stated, was not in condition for presen-
tation to the board, and therefore will not be
submitted until its next meeting, at which time
it will be ready for the final action of the
directors. The annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held on Monday, November
81, when the annual report for the fiscal year
will be presented and given to the public.
Twelve stockholder directors will be elected
at that meeting.
An unknown woman died at Hagerstown
last Saturday evening under peculiar circum-
stances. A coroner's jury was summoned at
once. but adjourned until Sunday afternoon
to give the physicians time to make an exam
nation. According TO the testimony of DR..
Jones, the woman came TO his Office about
half past six o'clock, and saying Il am SO
SICK, sat down in chair, made a few gasps